minotaur

THE MINOTAUROS (or Minotaur) was a bull-headed monster born to Queen Pasiphae of Krete after she had coupled with a bull. The creature resided in the twisting maze of the labyrinth, where he was offfered a regular sacrifice of youths and maids to satisfy his cannibalistic hunger. He was eventually destroyed by the hero Theseus. The Minotauros' proper name Asterion, "the starry one," suggests he was associated with the [|constellation] Tauros. Some believe that this bull could be the Marathonian Bull, which killed Androgeus, son of [|Minos 2]. The Marathonian Bull was killed, or mastered, by [|Theseus]. Queen Pasiphae, daughter of [|Helius], was immortal, and yet [|Aeneas] saw her in the [|Underworld]. As her husband consorted with many women, she bewitched him in such a way that he, on making love to them, ejaculated beasts, and his mistresses perished. Some have said that Pasiphae's mother was Perseis, one of the [|OCEANIDS], but others affirm that her mother was Crete 3 (otherwise unknown). Theseus & the Minotaur, Athenian red figure kylix C6th B.C., Musée du Louvre, Paris In this photo, theseus killed the minotaur by stabbing him in the head with his sword.This figure is important becuase it was when he ate other peoples lives and theseus killed him. It all began when zues came down to earth and mated with a woman. The baby had a head of a bull, and the body of a human. A king captured the minotaur and put the minotaur in his labrynth and the king fed him humans from another country. Then a brave young man went in the labrynth and killed the minotaur with his sword.

Interesting Facts
 * was named after a constalation
 * posiedon gave her a white bull
 * half bull and half human

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symbol bull parents Pasiphae siblings none roman name mivw